EC2026-0427

That with respect to Revised Notice of Motion EC2026-0427, the following be adopted: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Administration to conduct a scoping report to initiate a review of the Chinook Communities Local Area Plan which was approved after citywide zoning implementation and, AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the scoping report anticipate a review of the Chinook Communities Local Area Plan that will evaluate the urban form categories and building scale modifiers applied to Elbow Drive SW between 50 Avenue SW and 58 Avenue SW, 38 Avenue SW and 38A Avenue SW west of Macleod Trail. The report should include capacity for adjustments and public consultation, cost and resources to undertake this work and report back to Council through Infrastructure and Planning Committee no later than Q1 2027, AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Administration to amend those Local Area Plans that were approved following the blanket rezoning implementation with the specific intent of reintroducing low-density limited scale, based on what exists in the Westbrook Communities Local Area Plan and Heritage Communities Local Area Plan in section 2.2.1.6 as follows: a. Secondary suites are supported where already allowed by the existing land use designation and are not considered a unit in the following policies. b. Building forms that contain one or two residential units are supported in Neighbourhood Local, Limited Scale. c. Building forms that contain three or more residential units should be supported on parcels with rear lanes in the following areas: i. within transit station area Core Zones and Transition Zones; ii. along a street identified as a Main Street or separated by a lane from a parcel along a Main Street; iii. on corner parcels; or, iv. adjacent to or separated by a road or lane from a school, park or open space greater than 0.5 hectares in size with no dimension less than 25 metres. d. Building forms that contain three or more residential units in Neighbourhood Local, Limited Scale should be designed to complement the surrounding context and consider the impacts of massing, lot coverage and setbacks on the following: i. access to sunlight and shade on adjacent parcels; and, ii. protection of existing, healthy trees or landscaping on the parcel, where appropriate. AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Administration to undertake an inform only exercise to inform members of the public of the proposed amendments for the North Hill, East Calgary International Avenue Communities, Riley Communities, South Shaganappi Communities, Chinook Communities and West Elbow Communities Local Area Plans. AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the above amendments return direct to Council no later than Q4 2026.